English Explanatory Dictionary

forwarn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc.).

Word forms

forwarn forwarns forwarning forwarned forewarn

Etymology

From Middle English forwernen, from Old English forwærnan, forwoernan, forwiernan (“to hinder, prohibit, prevent, repel, refuse, repudiate, deny, withhold, oppose”), from Proto-Germanic *fra-, *fur-, *far- (“for-”) + *warnijaną (“to care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, defend”), equivalent to for- + warn (“to deny, refuse, forbid”).

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